“How’s your budget and funding?”

“It could be better… If you know what I mean.”

“I hear you. My budget and funding could be better as well. I think these are scary times, don’t you?”

“Very scary times. We need money to buy weapons.”

“If you’re buying weapons, we had better buy weapons too. I’m going to ask for more money.”

"If you ask for more money to buy weapons, I’ll have no choice but to inform my constituents. I may have to ask them for money to buy weapons.

“Thanks for the warning. I’ll keep that in mind.”